Students at Scotch Elementary in West Bloomfield Township demonstrated their "can-do" attitude by collecting cans of food for the needy during "March Can-Ness."

The school's 700 students took the cans and created six sculptures -- the Empire State Building, a Hershey's bar, Coke bottle, rainbow pencil, lighthouse and Detroit Pistons basketball arena. The students were divided into six teams, each led by a fifth-grade class.

The fifth-graders designed the structures on paper and then took their top designs to their team classes. Students then voted on the top design. Specific colored cans were then assigned to the team to build the winning design. The school collected more than 1,500 cans over two weeks. The sculptures were on display on the Scotch school stage.

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On Wednesday, March 27, the structures will be taken down and all of the cans collected will be donated to Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan. Representatives from Gleaners visited the school several times to help students learn about can structures and how to create a stable structure.